Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire (2017)

Directed by

Tony Palmer

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows singer Leonard Cohen on a concert tour in 1972. It shows the ups and downs of live performance and the pressures of being on the road.

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What happens

Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire, originally titled Bird on a Wire, is a 1974 documentary that chronicles a troubled 1972 concert tour of Europe and Israel by the Canadian singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen. It was directed by British filmmaker Tony Palmer, with cinematography by Les Young. The film takes its name from the Cohen song Bird on the Wire. The film, after extensive re-editing from its initial version, opened in London in 1974. It was shown on German television, but it disappeared for decades and was considered a lost film. Its original version, restored by the director, was released on DVD in 2010 and had its first theatrical release in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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